Bilateral OHIM – SIPO meeting

A Heads meeting took place on 17 October in Munich between Commissioner Tian Lipu from the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China and OHIM President, António Campinos.

The two heads discussed bilateral cooperation activities between both organisations, such as the implementation of Designview, developments in the Search image project, as well as other cooperation activities between the two partners, including traineeships of SIPO staff at OHIM.

The role of the OHIM IP attaché in China was another subject where they exchanged information.

The Implementation Plan for those activities was signed during this meeting.

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IP4all Weekly Bulletin

The new EU trade mark Regulation enters into force on March 23rd. As a result, the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) will change its name to the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

The amending Regulation also revises the fees payable to the Office, including an overall reduction in their amounts, particularly in the case of trade mark renewal fees. On 23.3. 2016, the Office’s online application forms and fee calculator will be automatically updated to reflect the new system.

From its base in Alicante, Spain, OHIM has processed more than 1.3 million Community trade mark applications in 23 EU languages, from nearly every country and region in the world, since 1996.

The Amending Regulation was published on 24 December 2015 and is part of the EU trade mark reform legislative package that also includes the replacement of the existing EU Trade Mark Directive (Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and the Council).

OHIM is the EU’s largest decentralised agency. It is entirely self-financed, receiving no funding from the EU Budget. As well as managing the Community trade mark and the registered Community design (RCD), it works in collaboration with the EU national and regional IP offices to build a stronger IP system across the EU for the benefit of users.